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to think that wheelchairs should be priority on buses?

620 replies

mamadivazback · 02/08/2011 21:05

My DS and I were on the bus today coming home from the town when I noticed a woman I vaguely know to speak to in the queue behind about 8 people with her 6YO DD who is in a narrow childs wheelchair and her DP with 2 year old son in small stroller so we waved, as you do.

Now the bus was about half full and 2 girls got on with their children in pushchairs, one with a very large Emmaljunga type and the other with a stroller and both children were happily sitting up by themselves and looked to be about 18 months old but neither thought to fold their pushchair when the lady tried to get her DD on, she had taken her DS out so she could fold pushchair and all sit together but the bus driver told her she could not get on as there were already 2 pushchairs onboard so she had to wait behind in the rain for the next bus.

I know pushchairs are entitled to use the bus but I thought you had to fold them if a wheelchair user was getting on and was quite shocked when the bus driver refused her a ticket, I spoke to her later on and she said it has happened a few times and it's just bad luck but I really don't think it's fair.

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devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:11

I can still top trump apocolypse..........we have 4 children out of six with disabilities/special needs and if we were taking the bus would probably take up the whole of the front end of the bus due to their different needs lol

Kladdkaka · 03/08/2011 00:13

You'll have to expand on 'mobility issues', that could mean anything. My husband has 'mobility issues'. He won't get his lazy arse off the sofa.:o

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:14

oh bollocks, devient, you top trumped me!!!! Grin
mobility issues... severe hypermobility.... joints move excessively causing pain and fatigue

Kladdkaka · 03/08/2011 00:14

I still think I win. I have to get home quicker as I have a goldfish with seperation anxiety.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 03/08/2011 00:15

Ah but have either of you ever folded for a pram ?

Would you ? eh ?

I bet you wouldn't !!

devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:15

is that to me, he has weight bearing bones in his legs and feet which are not supposed to be, his feet are so deformed he can hardly stand for long. He also has the weight issues that come with a lot of downs kids which doesn't help the issues mentioned. He also has severe hypotonia, severe hypermobility, ligamus laxity and arthritis, hope I didn't miss anything.

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:16

I'd run over the feckin' pram.

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:16

with ds' wheelchair and rather fetching buggypod (I'd not be able to go out without it)

devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:17

lol Glitter.

Apocolypse you win on the folding, I think mines easier restrained in the wheelchair. Thats if you can get him on the bus or out the house for that matter.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 03/08/2011 00:18

See, see. I bloody knew it.

I win !

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:19

You should have used wd40 on that before it got rusty.
Thank very feck for my £2k a year free car, eh?

Kladdkaka · 03/08/2011 00:19

So hands up all those who would gladly run behind the bus in exchange for freedom from disability for them and their loved ones?

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:19

yep, and me.....

devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:19

Yeah but do you have a "free" car?? I have to drop off ds and his outreach worker and pick them up in mine.

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:20

I'll have you know my £2k a year free car is used daily.... consultant appt tomorrow.

devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:21

me defo........it's horrible being held prisoner in your home/"free"car as your ds can't face the world.

mum0ftw0 · 03/08/2011 00:21

I don't think it's funny joking about fake illnesses now.

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:22

which fake illness would you be referring to?

devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:23

mine too Glitter, in fact it's only 8 month old and has 30,000 miles on the clock. DS gets 2 hours drives per day to get him out then any appointments etc.

Kladdkaka · 03/08/2011 00:23

yeah, which fake illnesses?

alowVeraWithPurpleTwuntyPants · 03/08/2011 00:24

We could afford to get a bus all to ourselves if we didn't have to pay for our free car.

devientenigma · 03/08/2011 00:24

it's no joke but if you don't laugh about it the next option is to top yourself!

mum0ftw0 · 03/08/2011 00:24

hands up, kladdkaka.
as any parent of a disabled child would wish for.

Glitterknickaz · 03/08/2011 00:26

Nothing fake about my three children having autistic spectrum disorder.
Nothing fake about my middle child also having ADHD (or is that now fake?)
Nothing fake about my middle and younger children being so severely hypermobile they can't walk far and have to have blue badges/wheelchair/buggy combos.
Nothing fake about my daughter having a genetic condition that means she's hearing impaired and has renal issues.
Nothing fake about the cardiac surgery my daughter had to have in London last week.

mum0ftw0 · 03/08/2011 00:27

a gold fish with seperation anxiety.

I wandered if that was supposed to be a arody of other people mentioning invisible disabilities on here, such as ASD